October 20, 2022 5:19 pm
CPI leader Govind Pansare was shot on Feb 16, 2015 in Kolhapur and died four days later. The accused Virendrasinh Tawade has also been named in the 2013 murder case of rationalist Dr Narendra Dabholkar.
August 04, 2022 1:18 am
Allowing a plea filed by Pansare’s kin seeking transfer of the probe from the SIT, the court said the ATS would be assisted by a few officers of state CID, the agency that had been investigating the case till date, for continuity.
July 08, 2022 12:29 am
While Dabholkar was shot dead in Pune on August 20, 2013, Pansare was shot at on February 16, 2015, near his house in Kolhapur. He died four days later. The CBI is investigating the Dabholkar case while the state SIT is probing Pansare's murder.
February 25, 2021 12:10 am
The sessions court rejected their bail plea on February 20, stating that part of the reason for the delay in the commencement of the trial – apart from the Covid-19 crisis – was frequent applications filed by the accused themselves.
February 14, 2020 3:20 am
Narendra Dabholkar, a rationalist, was shot dead in Pune on August 20, 2013, while Govind Pansare was shot on February 16, 2015, near his house in Kolhapur in western Maharashtra.
November 23, 2019 10:52 am
In the plea, Pansare’s family said it was not satisfied with the manner in which the probe was led by the investigating officer.
June 15, 2019 3:32 am
The bench said the investigating officers should be cautious before the trial court or otherwise, especially to the members of the public, including media, and should not reveal the minute details at this stage.
June 13, 2019 8:46 am
Pansare and his wife Uma were shot at by two bike-borne assailants on the morning of February 16, 2015, not far from his house. Pansare had succumbed to his injuries four days later.
June 13, 2019 2:10 am
Pansare and his wife Uma were shot at by two men on February 16, 2015. Pansare succumbed to injuries four days later.
May 26, 2019 7:04 pm
One of the key findings that has emerged from the investigations into the murder of Gauri Lankesh in Bengaluru on September 5, 2017 is that members of a crime syndicate linked to the Sanatan Sanstha, which killed Lankesh were also involved in the murders of Dabholkar, Pansare, and Kalburgi.